Hen&#39;s nest.



PATENTED DEC. 22, 1903.

H. A. BIERLEY.

HENS NEST.

APPLICATION IILEDMAY 2a. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 22, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENS NEST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,677, dated December22, 1903.

Application filed May 23. 1908.

T0 alZ 'whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, HENRY A. BIERLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ports mouth, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and .usefullmprovements in Hens Nests, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to hens nests; and the object of the same is toconstruct a nest provided with a trough for holding liquid, such aswater or kerosene-oil, or any insecticide, to keep vermin from crawlinginto the nest.

The simple and novel construction employed by me in carrying out myinvention is fully described and claimed in this specification, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved nest. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a modified form of thenest.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts in the different viewsof the drawings.

The numeral 1 designates the body of the nest, which consists of an ovalblock 2, of wood or other suitable poor conducting material, hollowedout at 3 to form a concave receptacle for the eggs and sitting hen. Thebottom 4 of the block 2 is made plane to adapt it to be set on a shelf.

Mounted on the outside of the receptacle and located a few inches belowthe edge 5 thereof is a trough 6, which completely surrounds the nestand is designed to hold water or some other liquid or insecticide toprevent vermin from entering the nest by crawling. The trough 6 islocated just farenough below the edge of the nest to prevent theoverhanging feathers of the hen from-reaching down into it. I There aremany different ways of constructing the trough, and a preferred way isillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, which show a ring 7, of sheet metal, whichis secured to the sides 8 of the receptacle and has an upturned rim 9integral therewith, which forms a trough. The upper edge of the rim 9 isbent inwardly to half close the mouth of the trough, and thereby retardthe evaporation or waste of the insecticide and also prevent the henfrom reaching the same with her bill.

The ring 7 extends down to the bottom of semi No. 168.432. (No model-Ithe block 2 and the upper edge 11 is bent over to cover the rounded edge5 of the nest to protect it against wear. It will be evident that theinsecticide in the trough 6 will prevent vermin from crawling into thenest.

In the modified form illustrated in Fig. 3 the body of the nest isformed of a thin sheet 12 of non conducting material which is pressed toform a rounded concave receptacle, and the edges 13 are attached to thedownturned upper edge 14 of the ring 10. A disk 15 is connected to thelower edges of the ring to form a bottom for the whole.

I do not wish to be limited as to details of construction, as these maybe modified in many particulars without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is

' 1. In a heu s nest, the combination of a receptacle for the hen andher eggs, and a trough surrounding saidreceptac'le, said trough beingdesigned to hold an insecticide to prevent vermin from crawling into thenest and to catch the same, substantiallyas described.

2. In a hens nest, the combination of a receptacle for the hen and hereggs, and a trough surrounding said receptacle and located just belowthe edge thereof, said trough being de-' signed to hold liquid or anyinsecticide, sub.- stantially as described.

3. In a hens nest, the combination of areceptacle for the hen and hereggs, and an upturned rim surrounding said receptacle to 'form a troughto hold liquid or an insecticide,

substantially as described.

4. A hens nest comprising a receptacle-for holding the hen and her eggs,said receptacle being constructed of a poor conducting material such aswood, and an upturned metal rim surrounding said receptacle and locatedbelow the upper edge thereof, said rim being designed to form a troughto .hold an insecticide, substantially as described.

5. In a hens nest, the combination of areceptacle for the hen and hereggs,'of a trough surrounding said receptacle and located below theupper edge thereof, the mouth of said ISO trough being partially closed:to prevent the waste of the insecticide therein, substantially asdescribed.

6. In a hens nest, the combination of a block of Wood hollowed out toform a receptacle for holding a hen and her eggs, and a metal ringsurrounding said block and hearing an upturned rim which forms a troughfor holding insecticide, substantially as described.

7. In a hens nest, the combination of a receptacle of poorconducting-material to ac- Io commodate a sitting hen, and an upturnedmetal rim surrounding said receptacle and forming a trough having apartially-closed mouth, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- I5 nesses.

HENRY A. BIERLEY. WVitnesses:

ARTHUR O. MUSSER, JOHN S. GEORGRIN.

